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The "Grace Paterson Ritchie (70-002)" was the first of the R.N.L.I. lifeboats to have a steel hull, her £57,000 cost was met by a legacy from Miss Grace Paterson Ritchie of Skelmorlie, her desire being that the boat be deployed in Scottish waters and it too therefore fitting that the new vessel was brought to Wemyss Bay for her naming ceremony, on September 6, 1967, the service conducted by The Rev. Dr. Donald C. Caskie of Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay
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